Kanji Details:
- 劣
- Frequency:1620
- Kun: おと.る
- On: レツ
- Meaning: inferiority, be inferior to, be worse
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 劣勢 れっせい numerical inferiority 劣る おとる to fall behind, to be inferior to 劣悪 れつあく inferiority, coarseness 劣化 れっか deterioration, degradation 卑劣 ひれつ mean, foul play, cowardly, base 優劣 ゆうれつ (relative) merits, superiority or inferiority, quality 劣等感 れっとうかん inferiority complex 劣らず おとらず with the best of them, as the next fellow に劣らず におとらず just like, the same as, no different than 見劣り みおとり unfavourable comparison, unfavorable comparison